Adrian Newey will officially begin work as chief technical officer and Aston Martin's Formula 1 team principal next month.

Adrian Newey, one of Formula 1's most successful designers, has left Red Bull Racing after decades for a high-profile role at Aston Martin.

It was, some pundits suggested, noticed that Red Bull’s slump came on the back of their Hungarian Grand Prix upgrade, the first big change introduced without design guru Newey’s input. Newey effectively left the team in early May with Pierre Wache taking over as the lead designer on the RB20 to which Sky F1’s Ted Kravitz noted in Hungary that Red Bull had stepped away from Newey’s engine cover design which had been “dropped in this upgrade.

F1 design genius Adrian Newey has revealed his decision to leave Red Bull last year stemmed from being “honest with myself”. Newey made the shock decision to bow out of Red Bull last year. The 66-year-old had been part of Red Bull since 2006 as their chief technical officer.

Adrian Newey has opened up on the once “crazy” notion of leaving Red Bull to move onto pastures new in Formula 1 with Aston Martin. Newey, 66, has achieved everything imaginable as an F1 designer, contributing to world championship success with Williams, McLaren and Red Bull.

The design guru, who is leaving Red Bull for Aston in March, has his sights set on the next set of regulations

Aston Martin's soon-to-be managing technical partner and Formula 1 aero guru, Adrian Newey predicts that the new era of rules starting in 2026 will be dominated